Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Let candles be brought in
Other Name
The memoirs of the Rt. Hon. Sir Geoffrey Shakespear Bt.--Cover title. (Alternate title)
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Macdonald
Place
Date
1949?
Physical Description
368 pages : illustrations, plates, portraits ; 23 cm
Language
English
Collection
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Related Object Notes
MS-1055 Sir William Joseph Jordan - Papers
Subject Category
Provenance Details
Letter from House of Commons to Jordan glued inside front cover, dated 30/6/42. Potentially from author.
Content
Prelude to politics -- a Mediterranean tour and an offer -- David Lloyd George -- a close-up view of giants: Lloyd George and Winston Churchill compared -- the Irish Treaty: the birth of Saorstat Eireann -- the decline and fall of the coalition -- from one coalition to another -- the national slum crusade -- the Royal Navy -- Chamberlain and Munich -- Naval Rearmament -- the Navy at war -- the Children's Overseas Reception Scheme -- shreds and patches -- African odyssey -- South Africa - my father -- the Shakespeare Pedigree and my family circle -- index.
Public Access Text
[Keywords: Politics and government]
Autobiography
Subject Notes
Sir Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare, 1st Baronet PC (1893-1980) was a British Labour Party politician.
Collection Type
Reserve Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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